Eudora Welty quote: "I've always been shy physically. This in part tended to keep me from rushing into things, including relationships, headlong. Not rushing headlong, though I may have wanted to, but beginning to write stories about people, I drew near slowly; noting and guessing, apprehending, hoping, drawing my eventual conclusions out of my own heart, I did venture closer to where I wanted to go."

He may be out of my life physically, but he'll always be a part of me. I can't let go even if I want...
SIMONE ELKELES

The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m...
ANDREW TO

Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt...
ANDREW TO

Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank...
ANDREW TO

The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ...
ANDREW TO

Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate...
ANDREW TO

We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ...
ANDREW TO

Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices.
ANDREW TO

I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag...
ANDREW TO

We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future.
ANDREW TO

I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea...
ANDREW TO

I realised that I had always been writing things that other people wanted me to write and not what I...
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON

I came to love, I came into my own.
THEODORE ROETHKE

Get this (economic plan) passed. Later on, we can all debate it.
, TO NEW HAMPSHIRE LEGISLATORS

I was given the ability to create stories and characters. That's my part of the long chain of wr...
KARL MARLANTES

I was popular. Everyone wanted to know my thoughts, give me things. I was king of my universe. After...
JUSTIN BERRY

I purposely didn't really ask Bob how he did things, ... I wanted to go out on my own.
AL GOLDEN

I did take my camera along, as I felt there wouldn't be enough time to draw the things I wanted to d...
BEN SHAHN

I always assumed people wanted to hear me tell stories, but then I had 'The Sunset Tree.' It...
JOHN DARNIELLE

I just remember I wanted to make my own dynasty and not keep following trends. I wanted to make my o...
BIG SEAN

I didn't put it on tight enough because I was rushing to go out. I was hoping it wouldn't fall, but ...
SERENA WILLIAMS

I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.
ELIZABETH I (SPOKEN TO HER PARLAMENT)

I've always tended to write comedy, but I'd hate to just write some kind of sitcom or a ligh...
DAVID THEWLIS

Evangelicalism as a movement is rushing headlong toward theological ambiguity, which is another way ...
MICHAEL HORTON

It wasn't until I started to read short stories - by people like Alice Munro, Mavis Gallant, Joh...
CAROL WINDLEY

The smartest thing I did in law school: asking my future wife to go out dancing with me. The smartes...
BEN FOUNTAIN

I wanted to write about relationships. But I didn't feel I had the experience to sing about them...
NATASHA BEDINGFIELD

I am not a strong proponent of restructuring. People were rushing to conclusions - that's why I crea...
CHRISTINA SCHOENAU

I wanted to go out of state and do something new. I wanted to see where I was as a person and see wh...
CHAD JACKSON

Standing on the sidelines was killing me. I just wanted to go out there and see what I can do. I've ...
CHESTER TAYLOR

Most government officials are rushing headlong to solve the problems of 50 years ago, with their ear...
ERIC JOHNSTON

All these interviews I'm doing - this is the kind of stuff that I was dreaming about doing when ...
SHAMEIK MOORE

I wanted what most people wanted—love, companionship.
I wanted someone to touch. I wanted som...
CHLOE NEILL

It never ceased to amaze me, until suddenly one day I felt beautiful and holy for having had the cou...
BOHUMIL HRABAL

Eudora Welty's 'A Curtain of Green' had an enormous effect on me. But my early attempts ...
BARRY UNSWORTH

I will love myself despite the ease with which I lean toward the opposite.
SHANE L. KOYCZAN

Growing up, my parents did everything they knew how to do to support me. My dad was always kinda my ...
CRYSTAL BOWERSOX

I did grow up in Los Angeles. I actually didn't start acting until I was sixteen, so I was very ...
HALSTON SAGE

She'd be a reigning celebrity in that environment, ... But she doesn't want that. She is still the h...
EDDIE ROBINSON

My brother and I used to ride around in a half-ton cattle truck, listening to Waylon, so when he die...
GENE WEBB

I wanted to be a writer, to write these stories that would make people see the world in a different ...
JEFFREY SKOLL

I never wanted to be part of any scene, I never wanted to be a part of anything, I wanted to do my o...
BUZZ OSBORNE

I busted my butt in Germany and could have stayed, but I wanted to come back to the States and finis...
JACOB THOMAS

I hoped that it would be possible to slide slowly from my public life back to the life of teaching a...
CHARLES VAN DOREN

They did recruit me, but I decided that I wanted to go out of state. Plus, I wanted to play early.
BLAKE MITCHELL

I never wanted to return to Hollywood because Hollywood people and the fakeness - very artificial an...
KAROLYN GRIMES

It was time to expect more of myself. Yet as I thought about happiness, I kept running up against pa...
GRETCHEN RUBIN

I can honestly say that I've done everything I've wanted to do, always. Not without difficul...
GARY SINISE

I always wanted to have my own album released before I graduated from high school.
CHRISTINA AGUILERA

What would I have wanted to say if I had had the opportunity to see him one more time? I would like ...
LISA J. SHULTZ

A girl likes to be crossed a little in love now and then.
It is something to think of
JANE AUSTEN

I spent a lot of my childhood in my own head, making up stories. I didn't have a lot of outside ...
DIDO ARMSTRONG

I never identified with anybody. I have always been very sensitive about my color, because everybody...
EARTHA KITT

I always had a separate life than just my work. I built my own family. I have my own hobbies and int...
RICKY SCHRODER

I think a part of me wanted to keep them, because it was a sign of my journey––where I'd been an...
CHRISTY PASTORE

Do you still always think of me, i just wanted to know. Because you have been on my mind wherever i ...
OLASOT

I had a few options, but I just thought in my heart this is where I wanted to be, because the trend ...
BOBBY LABONTE

I love my parents. Coming out to them was sort of coming out to myself. I educated them, and I wante...
RANDY HARRISON

Give someone a thought, and they will produce an act; When they sow that act, they will reap a habit...
PERRY ROTHENBAUM

Negativity is like a wash of black rain after a nuclear explosion .To avert this from happening you ...
GARY F EVANS...

I wanted to write you a story about magic. I wanted rabbits appearing from hats. I wanted balloons l...
SHANE JONES

In my heart, I always wanted to play offense,
DANTE ROSS

I don’t write this letter to put bitterness into your heart, but to pluck it out of mine. For my o...
OSCAR WILDE

To be, or not to be, that is the question.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Your "Not To Do" list is also important.
MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN

Writing was a way to get away from my life as a programmer, so I wanted to write about other things,...
ELLEN ULLMAN

I always knew I wanted to make my own way; I never wanted to be dependent on my father.
TAMARA MELLON

I wanted to keep a Gothic cathedral alive in my heart.
SUSAN VREELAND

I like cinema. I am very fond of it. But from time to time I feel like having some time on my own.
PATRICE LECONTE

Because from the day I met her I'd known I wanted to be part of any world she belonged to. Did that ...
RANSOM RIGGS

After 'Life Unexpected' ended, I wanted to do something that was completely different from L...
BRITT ROBERTSON

Originally I wanted to be a painter and did work with oils, but I come from a family of doctors, inc...
FAISAL MAMSA

I was sitting in my office at about 9:30 a.m. and I heard this rushing sound.
CURT BATEMAN

Music's always been such a big part of my life - it's always got me through everything and it always...
LISA MARIE PRESLEY

To be honest, I used to always procrastinate when I write. I mean, I love writing, but I hate it.
DAVID GRANN

I don't care where they line me up. I just want to get out there and get after people. Hopefully, I ...
SHAWNE MERRIMAN

I knew from the time I was 6 or 7 that music was something I had to do. Growing up, my parents did e...
CRYSTAL BOWERSOX

I still had this idea that there was a whole world of marvelous golden people somewhere, as far ahea...
RICHARD YATES

If I had it my way, Harper and I wouldn't be standing in this room right now, we wouldn't be pressed...
MOLLY MCADAMS

I made a list of things I wanted to do with my life, but it ended up mostly being a list of books I ...
ELLIE ROSE MCKEE

ive loved an ive falllen but yet until now ive always gotten back up but ur blow to the heart has su...
AMBER FAITH HUN

To be honest with you, I don't male-bash. I don't believe in male-bashing. I write about thi...
CHERRELLE

If that's what he wanted, I'd give it to him in spades. I wasn't going to write about it. I got enou...
JANE FONDA

Only write what inspires you to write. If nothing inspires you write, anyhow. Something might come u...
A.J. CHILSON

I think that what most artists are trying to do is trying to understand. I think what distinguishes ...
BRANDON BOYD

I come from a ballet background; I did ballet for 12 years and I consider that my theater. I told st...
CHARLIZE THERON

I think I was rushing my shots. I was too happy -- too excited -- to be here in this atmosphere.
KALIN LUCAS

I became part of your fantasy, hoping that one day you would become part of mine!
FRANCESCA MULONE

My manager, Norma, was trying to get me to write it for at least 10 years and being the reclusive pe...
SPIKE MILLIGAN

I was a freelancer all through my twenties. I did about one story a month and I wanted to write fict...
CANDACE BUSHNELL

When I was at Brown, I wanted to write the great American novel, but I was too scared to take a crea...
NATHANIEL PHILBRICK

I had an allowance, but I had to do things around the house to earn it. I think I always wanted my o...
CHRISTIE HEFNER

I have been a print reporter my whole career. It's all I ever wanted to be. I specialize in poli...
MARK LEIBOVICH

I didn't put it on tight enough because I was rushing to go out,
SERENA WILLIAMS

I've actually always wanted to be able to read people's minds. My sister did a movie with su...
KAY PANABAKER

I always wanted to have a family - that was one of my big wishes. And in school, I'd taken drama...
JERRY HALL

My life is not mine - it is for my people – the humans – the humans of the thinking society.
ABHIJIT NASKAR

I have a business background. I have always wanted to open my own business.
NATHAN FIELDER

I could not sit seriously down to write a serious Romance under any other motive than to save my lif...
JANE AUSTEN

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